The two things you need to know about me is that I have always been a musician and a story-teller. Whether it is the films I score to or a concert piece, I am able to create sonically immersive worlds and recreate moments to honor your past, speak to your present, and bring excitement to your future.
What Am I up to? This is the newest music I have independently released. Feel free to enjoy these sounds as you peruse through my site.
What kind of millennial composer would I be if I didn't document my thoughts into a blog? Check my latest posts about being a composer, a California transplant, working on films, and other Jehad things that I get myself into.
You’re not going to want to read all of this. It’s messy. The thought process alone will drive you crazy, because it jumps from topic to topic… emotion to emotion… frequently. But we all grieve differently, and I am trying…
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If you would have asked me six years ago if I would’ve visited Flint, Michigan, I would have probably quipped about the water, and moved on to the next big flashy city. That’s my ignorant-ass self consuming one too many…
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Eighty percent of my hand-written scores were destroyed in a flood at my parents’ house in Florida. It wasn’t a natural disaster or anything dramatic; just an old water heater that couldn’t take the pressure of performing after twenty years…
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I have a lot of friends who are not composers. But their listening skills are invaluable when I test out new ideas. They aren’t looking for a motivic nod to any predecessor, or if the form is a sonata, or…
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The best advice I ever got from a composition teacher was, “Write like you will be dead tomorrow.”
A macabre thing, no doubt, but what he meant was make sure that your score contained all the necessary stuff to inform…
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Following my last piece advocating the changing of the narrative behind classical music, I would like to address the practitioners of classical music -- the orchestras. My main concerns are with how they program music and how they interact…
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Shortly after the beginning of the protests against police brutality, many institutions tried to show their solidarity with the POC (person of color) community by posting black squares on their social media, or saying pretty much the same thing their…
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I am a film composer. I am a sound engineer, producer, and performer. I am a foley artist and a music supervisor when I need to be. I have managed to snag gigs both passion and paid in all of…
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A couple months ago, I had the unique opportunity to work on a horror short with a simple premise that would rely heavily on sound production. Usually, I would tell you the story of how I learned how to use…
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The hardest part about “coming up” in your industry is trying to find skill-specific work that is beneficial to both yourself and the people who hire you. Realistically, you are not going to find the ideal career in the daily…
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The hardest part about being a composer is the financial strain of wondering where your next paycheck is going to materialize. Along with striving to create the best kind of art for people, it is a constant swim upstream to maintain approachability, timely execution, while paying bills. Think of this as a tip jar, every little bit helps.